RALEIGH -- It's getting a little easier for North Carolina students to move from a community college to a four-year school.
The presidents of the state community college system and North Carolina's private universities association signed  an agreement Thursday making it easier for students to transfer credits they've earned.

Hope Williams, is president of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

"The reason that this is important is that students need to know the kinds of courses they should to be taking those first two years to be sure that those courses will be given credit."-

Twenty-one of North Carolina's 36 independent institutions have agreed to adopt the new standards. More could do so in the future. Most of the state's independent schools are small, ranging from Brevard College in the mountains to Chowan  University DownEast.